Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-14

STEWART Bros, timber and slate msr-
chants and ship owners OF London, have
been declared bankrupt with s750, coo liabil-
tiles and s525, 600 assets
DR. MoRGENsrEIN, the eminent Hebrew
scholar, drowned himself recently in the
Danube. Since he implicated DIR. Stoecker
in the anti-Semitic persecution at Berlin
he had been unable to gain employment
| ana was reduced to penury.
| MYERS and George ran another race at
/ Sydney, N. S. W., of 1,5O0 yards. Myers
won by three-fourths of yard. Time, 3:z6.
THE French Chamber of Deputies has I'D
| journed till May 10.
THE great permanent infantry barracks
| at Aldershot, Eng, were on fire the other
day. The flames were famed to fury by
| a gale CT wind OF such severity as to make
| the efforts of the firemen practically use
| less.
AN extensive t1re occurred recently in
| the Swiss village of Buchel in the Canton
| of St Gall Sixty houses were burned and
many cattle persisted in the flames.
JOHN MORLEY addressed an audience Of
5000 Liberals at Victoria Hall in South
London on the 9th. He charged the Gov
eminent with Russianizing the administra-
ton in Ireland and denounced the Crimes
bill as a hateful instrument of oppression.
INVESTIGATION of the failure of the Mari
time Bank of New Brunswick shows that
small boys were used as indorsers of paper
obligations in carrying out the extensive
bank swindles.
Much ill-feeling exists in the French
Senate. Imperialists have been left off
revenue committees, and claim that 1t was
done to prevent exposure of Republican
frauds.
NICHOLAS CARDENAs, well known gen.
tleman of Havana, Cuba, was recently kid
mapped near Mariana, but was subsequently
of,
A MASSACRE OF foreigners was threatened
in Hayti, consequent upon Great Britain de-
handing payment of some old-time claims.
THE Pope, in view OF the Russian Govern
ment's complaints of the hostility of the
Catholic clergy in Russia, has instructed the
Congregation for Ecclesiastical Affairs to
examine the question of Pan Slavism
A LARGE three-masted schooner was dis
covered sunk, five miles from the east shore
of Nantucket island on the 9th. A boat
crew went to her and found her IN ten faith.
oms of water with her sails set. There were
no tidings of the crew. Her name was not
learned.
NEWS has reached st. Johns, N. B., that
the fishing cruiser Vigilant, when sailing
out of Beaver harbor, few days ago.
sighted an American fishing vessel within
the three mile limit, and evidently after bait.
The Vlgilant gave chase and gained on the
yankee" who refused TO heave to even
when blank shot was fired. The chase
was continued, but the American vessel
soon gained the line and was safe
The imports into Great Britain during
March were e13,000 greater than in the
same month last year, while the exports in
creased G490, 900.
THE Ameer of Afghanistan has sent for
a British engineer to discuss the construc-
ton of a railway from Cabul to Herat.
THE barkentine Susan, Captain Ryan,
from st. Johns, N. F., for Barbados. struck
sank half an hour later. The disaster oc-
CURED while the vessel was attempting tc
weather an iceberg. Five of the crew were
drowned.
THE town of Kuty IN Austrian Galicia has
been almost completely destroyed by fire.
About 600 persons are homeless. The fire
was of incendiary origin.
A GIGANTIC naphtha fountain burst the
other day at Baku, Russia. Oil, sand and
enormous stones were carried to height
of $50 feet. An extensive petroleum lake
has formed in the vicinity.
A DISTURBANCE occurred at the town Of
Zaborn, Alsace, the other day, during
which a number of recruits hauled down
the German flag from the official buildings |
About twenty men were concerned in the
affair, several of whom were arrested.
THE North German Gazette quotes a state |
ment of the Madrid Epoch, admitting that |
the Spanish Minister to China at a recent |
banquet offered toast to the prosperity of |
France and the success of the revanche. |
The Epoch says this act of the Minister was
q gross offense against a country with |
which Spain is DESTROYS of maintaining the |
best relations.